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During the interview, be prepared for the unexpected. While most prospective employers are interested to hear your response to standard questions about your career goals, work habits, etc., their line of questions are mostly aimed to see if you have the specific skills that are absolutely vital to success in the business world, such as the ability to accurately estimate the number of dentists in the country of Sweden...
...President George W. Bush has lowered the standard of the presidency so much that everyone feels qualified to hold the office. Babak Roboubi Chevy Chase, Maryland...
...kilos of coriander and ginger. Some initially promising ingredients-such as kaffir lime-produced undrinkable beer. But months of trial and error paid off, and you can now sample the results at the Archipelago pub near Boat Quay. At over $6 a pint, the new brews are dearer than standard lager, but they're undeniably tastier and more interesting. True to Teo's vision, they feature ingredients like tamarind, palm sugar, ginger, lemongrass and even wolfberries, which are normally used in traditional Chinese medicine...
...discuss the ones she inherited and still uses. "It's been a real education about the scientific facts and data and who are reliable sources," Hutchinson says. "That gets to the heart of the divide. If we as a society can't agree on who is the gold-standard source of medical information, that just reveals we've really got problems...
...investor confidence, even as overall investment in startup hedge funds declined by nine percent in 2006. Meyer’s faith in his team’s ability to consistently beat the odds led him to make Convexity’s 20 percent commission on profits—a standard percentage for hedge funds—contingent on its ability to beat various benchmarks. This risky payment plan proved very expensive for Meyer and his team this year. Analysts attribute Convexity’s lower performance to the fact that their particular style of investment, which worked well in previous...